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GDP per capita, long-run history by country

Annual, International dollars (2011 prices)

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

GDP per capita, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	32,088	1,413
Dec 31, 2000	33,367	1,485
Dec 31, 2001	34,260	1,551
Dec 31, 2002	34,591	1,621
Dec 31, 2003	34,716	1,711
Dec 31, 2004	35,529	1,813
Dec 31, 2005	36,206	1,926
Dec 31, 2006	38,014	2,058
Dec 31, 2007	39,752	2,194
Dec 31, 2008	40,715	2,321
Dec 31, 2009	38,963	2,449
Dec 31, 2010	41,110	2,599
Dec 31, 2011	43,189	2,772
Dec 31, 2012	43,288	2,914
Dec 31, 2013	43,359	3,057
Dec 31, 2014	44,133	3,217
Dec 31, 2015	44,405	3,402
Dec 31, 2016	45,030	3,599
Dec 31, 2017	46,065	3,809
Dec 31, 2018	46,377	4,057
Dec 31, 2019	46,762	4,243
Dec 31, 2020	44,996	4,419
Dec 31, 2021	46,159	4,684
Dec 31, 2022	46,648	4,926

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

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Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995